What I am thankful for…
Davy – my tractors and Papa’s jeeps
Annie - my family
Emie – my chair by the TV and Barney
Katie – new kitties (eventually a post will explain this)
Sam – my new house
Andrew – glorious food (one of our budding chefs)
Daniel – Christmas
Karen – mostly Jesus, who gets me through every day…but also a big kitchen.
Lee – my wonderful family
Happy Belated Thanksgiving!
…from us turkeys in Minnesota.
(I am fully aware of the fact that I should be posting a Thanksgiving post today, rather than that October Holiday… So, I’m a month or so behind on my posts…the kids sure had fun dressing up!)
So, are there any “Mario” groupies out there???
Do you recognize this cheerful little creature???
Way to go Sam – you managed to surpass all our expectations this past Halloween with your rendition of the infamous, “Toad”!
And the rest of the gang….
…Ghost, Mummy, Blue, Tigger, Scooby Doo, and Larry Boy!!!
So Nanny Klarice got us through the first of Lee’s Asia trip, then Papa and Nana got us through until the end…
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you…Papa and Nana!!!
We love you!
You are still my best sleuths in the neighborhood!
Frank - with his Dairy Queen cake…
Joe - with his berry pie…
Sam – master chef in the kitchen and creator of the berry pie!
I cant believe you guys are 13 years old!!!
I love you guys!!!
- Mom :)
Yes, it is true we are still alive…in spite of the fact that I haven’t updated my blog in almost 2 months….
I’m not sure what happened…
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that…
-I still have 1000’s (slight exaggeration) of boxes left to unpack,
-7 children under the age of 13 live in my house and require daily feeding, cleaning, loving, negotiating and mitigating of disputes, and laundry service (except the older 3 of course, who do their own laundry) in addition to multiple books read and hugs given,
-I have a husband who is amazing but who has also been gone for long periods of time lately,
-I am attempting to manage schooling in both the public and homeschool setting for 6 of 7 previously mentioned children,
-chasing around the 7th kid (2 1/2 yr old) who thinks its fine if he pushes his dads’ mower around the neighbors yard when his mom isn’t looking,
-continuing to attempt to integrate 2 new little lives into our family…sometimes rather smoothly and other times not,
-celebrating a 40 something birthday for the top man in the house and the big 13 birthday for the dynamic duo. (better get pics on those, huh?)
-family tripping it to our cabins and to visit family,
…And the list goes on and on…..
But, never fear, we are still here – alive and kicking. I promise soon I will post some pics soon just to prove it!
Your family takes a trip and your mom forgets to pack your clothes.
So, all weekend long you get to wear your jammie shirt (which your mom did remember), your sisters shorts (the ones without the pink flowers) and socks (which unfortunately do have pink but are fortunately covered up by your shoes).
In defense of your mom though…you were taking a nap while your mom packed the bags. And like any smart mom of multiple, small children she values her quiet hour of sanity during nap time. So of course she would never dream of waking you up during your nap to get your clothes out of your dresser.
